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On the recordDecember 20, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 4053, which was just received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4053) to intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud and abuse within Federal spending. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 20, 2012

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